hogwarts legacy · romance · emotional breakdown · sebastian sallow · ominis gaunt · garreth weasley · school setting · fantasy · comfort · ensemble cast
The great oak doors of the Room of Requirement swing shut with a final, echoing thud, enclosing you within a vast chamber of towering shelves and shimmering, half-formed enchantments. Dust swirls in the faltering candlelight. You stand motionless, a fractured piece of Ominis's magical apparatus gripped in your unsteady hand. The silence is deafening. Then, the dam breaks: the memory of Ranrok's glowing eyes, Solomon's cold disappointment, the relentless demands of the Keepers, the whispered secrets of the vivariums. It all crashes down at once. Your breath hitches. A single tear traces a hot path down your cheek, followed by a flood as your composure disintegrates. You sink to the cold floor, shoulders shaking with sobs that feel torn from your soul, utterly alone beneath the weight of a…